Hello everyone. I have a funny issue. When I go to mount a cdrom (either /dev/hdc, Philips CD-RW or /dev/hdd, El Cheapo DVD), my system tries to mount the cd for a momemt, and then locks up to the point that nothing short of the reset button gets me out of the situation. This all started happening when I recently upgraded to 2.4.18. When I reboot into 2.2.19, no problem. Are there any known issues with 2.4.18 that would cause this kind of issue? I doubt _can't mount a cdrom_ is what you'd normally call a known issue, so I suspect it's an incompatibility with the IDE chipset or something on the motherboard (all VIA). I would use 2.2.19 indefinatley, but the newer NVidia drivers don't like that kernel for some reason (which was never a problem with older versions of the NVidia driver), so now I'm kind of stuck.
Is there a lower-numbered 2.4.x that is more reliable than 2.4.18? Is now the time to start shopping around for 2.5.x (I'm not a very bleeding edge kinda fella). I also thought about compliling a 2.2.20, seeing how I've always been happy and confortable with 2.2.x, but I want to try and take advantage of USB Mass Storage, which I believe (correct me if I'm wrong), is what I need to get the pics off my new digital camera (a USB-interfaced Kodak, which is supposedly supported). Don't I need a 2.4.x for that? Also, on an unrelated note, 2.4.18 pics up my soundcard differently. It finds it as an es1371, which it is, but calls it something differnt, a Tritech TR28023, and the sound is a slight bit pingier. I realize this is a lot, so help if you can. I'm mostly concerned about the cdrom issue, USB stuff and sound can come later. Here's a relevant breakdown of the hardware involved: Important stuff: Celeron 1 ghz Shuttle AV18E VIA VT82c694t/VT82C686B DMA 100 ... Less important stuff: 320 MB PC100 SDRAM G-Force2 MX 400 SB 16 (es1371) All of this is run by a fairly modified install of Slackware 8.0 which has been running fine for some time... Thanks in advance for your input, Dave Margolis _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
